Your Haikus

Some of you have completed writing your haiku. I think you did a great job!

Conjunctions

Revise what you have learnt about conjunctions by watching the video clips below.





Test yourself after watching the video clips.

Conjunctions Practice 1

Conjunctions Practice 2

Compound Sentences

In Unit 2, we learnt about compound sentences (with 2 independent clauses) and complex sentences (with an independent clause and a dependent clause). Click on the links below to revise what you have learnt.

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences

Putting sentences together
1) Factsheets 1-3
2) 3 Games
3) Quiz (Levels A-C)

Haiku

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry made up of 3 lines. The 3 lines are often arranged so that the first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables (5-7-5 rule). There are no rhyming words in haiku and it must express a thought, feeling or mood.

Find out more by visiting the following websites.

Introduction to Haiku

Japan and Haiku

More examples of haiku

How to write a haiku

Now, it's your turn to try writing a haiku. Write a haiku based on the theme 'School'.

Rainbow Day Item

Would you like to give some suggestions on what our class could do for Rainbow Day? We are performing this term.

Reading News: Huge earthquake devastates Haiti

Click on Huge earthquake devastates Haiti to read what happened in Haiti last week. Take note of the verbs used and the prepositions after the verbs. We will have a quiz based on this article next week.

To find out how earthquakes happen, click on Earthquakes: animated guide.

Dorothy Meets Tin Man and Lion

As requested by Shawn Pang, here are some more video clips from The Wizard of Oz...

Video clip: Dorothy Meets Tin Man

Video clip: Dorothy Meets Lion

Video clip: Off to see the Wizard